A Quote by Juvenal

To gain a livelihood at the expense of all that makes life worth the having.

Juvenal

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Expense Gain Having Life Livelihood Makes Worth

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Juvenal
Roman - Poet
60 - 130

It is not pleasure that makes life worth living. It is life that makes pleasure worth having.

George Bernard Shaw

When kindness comes at the expense of truth, it is not a kindness worth having. And when generosity leads to silence or abuse, it is not a generosity worth giving.

Rachel Simmons

We only gain collectively by acting now. We gain by one day not having to pay a thing for fuel. We gain by having cleaner air, water, and food so that we are healthier and our health care costs come down. We gain by deflating the global fossil fuel markets that drive much of the conflict around the world.

Mark Ruffalo

We have to move from the unbridled pursuit of self-gain at the expense of others to recovering appreciation for what we gain by caring and sharing with one another.

Gail Sheehy

If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing well. If it is worth having, it is worth waiting for. If it is worth attaining, it is worth fighting for. If it is worth experiencing, it is worth putting aside time for.

Oscar Wilde

Having a dream is what keeps you alive. Overcoming the challenges makes life worth living.

Mary Tyler Moore

To gain what is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else.

Bernadette Devlin

What if we choose not to do the things we are supposed to do? The principal gain is a sense of an authentic act - and an authentic life. It may be a short one, but it is an authentic one, and that's a lot better than those short lives full of boredom. The principal loss is security. Another is respect from the community. But you gain the respect of another community, the one that is worth having the respect of.

Joseph Campbell

To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else

Bernadette Devlin

The IWGP title makes me a legend. I've committed half my life to this, and it's worth all the sacrifice. Not only was it worth it, but it was worth it and then some.

Kenny Omega

You just decide what your values are in life and what you are going to do, and then you feel like you count, and that makes life worth living. It makes my life meaningful.

Annie Lennox

To be without sure and safe friends in the world makes life not worth having; and whom can we be so sure of as of our children?

William Cobbett

I do think that as I said before the canvas of action sequences and the way in which the sequences unfurl will be very unique and will be different than any movie we've made before, and that's what makes it interesting, what makes it [Doctor Strange] special, and what makes it worth pursuing, and worth bringing to life for the first time.